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“Pressed tightly against one another, in an effort to resist the cold, our heads empty and heavy, our brains a whirlwind of decaying memories. Our minds numb with indifference. Here or elsewhere, what did it matter? Die today or tomorrow, or later? The night was growing longer, never-ending.”
1 Night by Elie Wiesel 2 Biography 3 Genocide The deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular ethnic group or nation. Synonyms: mass murder, mass homicide, massacre 4 Movie The Path to Nazi Genocide Questions: https://www.ushmm.org/learn/introduction-to-the-holocaust/path-to-nazi-genocide/the-path-to-nazi ...
Elie Wiesel’s memoir Night describes a horrible time in the twentieth century, when too many people looked away from a terrible wrong.
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1 Night By Elie Wiesel 2 Elie Wiesel September 30, 1928 - July 2, 2016 Sighet, Transylvania Orthodox Jewish family “shtetl”: Small Jewish settlement many shtetls burned in pogroms before the official Holocaust
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Night Vocabulary Words and Definitions Chapter 1 1. Encumbered – (adj.) held back; hindered; weighed down by something heavy 2. Mysticism – (n.) vague, obscure thinking or belief; doctrine that states it’s possible to achieve communion with God through contemplation and love 3. Anecdotes – (n.)...
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